W.P.(C)--13038/2019. Case: DEEPIKA Vs. UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. High Court of Delhi (India)

Case NumberW.P.(C)--13038/2019
CitationNA
Judgement DateDecember 10, 2019
CourtHigh Court of Delhi (India)

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

% Date of Judgment : 10th December

+ W.P.(C) 13038/2019

DEEPIKA ..... Petitioner

Through Mr. Setu Niket, Advocate

versus

UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ..... Responde

Through Mr. Naresh Kaushik and Ms. Tyagi, Advocates

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE G.S.SISTANI

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANUP JAIRAM BHAMBHANI

G.S. SISTANI, J. (ORAL)

CM.APPL 53172/2019(Exemption)

  1. Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

  2. The application stands disposed of. W.P.(C).13038/2019

  3. The petitioner herein had filed O.A. No.2969/2019 before the Administrative Tribunal (the ‘Tribunal’), which stands dismissed order dated 05.12.2019, which has led to the filing of the presen petition.

  4. Brief facts which are required to be noticed for disposal of the writ petition are that pursuant to a notification dated 10.04.2019 by the respondent for conducting Combined Medical Serv Examination, 2019 the petitioner uploaded her application

    28.04.2019. She was issued an admit card in the first week of 2019. The examination was held on 21.07.2019 and the result declared on 16.08.2019.

  5. At the time of appearing in the examination, it was however pointed to the petitioner that instead of filling her name in the application form she filled the name of her mother. The petitioner made a repres for correction of the name on 20.08.2019; but by an order

    09.09.2019, the respondent refused to accede to her request, which to the filing of the OA, which now stands dismissed by the Tribunal.

  6. Learned counsel for the petitioner very candidly admits the committed by the petitioner. He submits that out of stress confusion, the petitioner filled in the name of her mother instead own name. He states that the mistake may have occurred by reason triggering of the ‘auto-fill’ feature on the computer. He however that this is the second last opportunity for the petitioner appear in the examination, after which the petitioner will be Reliance is placed on the guidelines for filling-up the online Application Form (DAF), more particularly para 11 of the DAF provides for correction of errors in filling-up of the form and under:

    “11. Candidates may note that some of the fields namely Candidate’s name, Date of Birth, Father’s name,

    Mother’s name, email address, Physically Challenged category, Disability percentage etc. have been prepopulated using the information provided by the candidate at the time of filling up the earlier Online Application Form for...

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